Title HNC, California Harb. & Nav. Code

The department may make rules and regulations for the uniform navigational marking of the waters of this state. Such rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with markings prescribed by the United States Coast Guard. No city, county, or person shall mark the waters of this …

(a) Any ordinance, law, regulation, or rule relating to vessels, which is adopted pursuant to provisions of law other than this chapter by any entity other than the department, including, but not limited to, any county, city, port authority, district, or any state agency other th…

(a) Every owner of an undocumented vessel numbered under this code is liable and responsible for the death of or injury to person or property resulting from negligence in the operation of such vessel, in the business of the owner or otherwise, by any person using and operating th…

A copy of the ordinances or local laws adopted pursuant to this chapter, and of any amendments thereto, shall be filed in the office of the department. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1454.)

Every peace officer of this state or of any city, county, city and county, or other political subdivision of the state shall enforce this chapter and any regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter and in the exercise of that duty shall have the authority to st…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a peace officer may, without a warrant, arrest a person who is involved in an accident in the waters of this state involving a vessel when the officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person had been operating the vessel while u…

Within the territorial limits of a county, city, or district, a harbor policeman regularly employed and paid as such by the county, city, or district shall also enforce the provisions of this chapter and any rules or regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter …

Every vessel subject to this chapter, if under way and lawfully ordered to stop and lie to by a peace officer or harbor policeman authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter who is either in a uniform of a law enforcement agency or the harbor police or in a vessel that i…

(a) Each county of the state is entitled to receive state financial aid for boating safety and enforcement programs on waters under its jurisdiction as provided in this section. A boating safety and enforcement program, as used in this section, includes search and rescue operatio…

(a) When any person is arrested for a violation of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter or any ordinance or local law relating to the operation and equipment of vessels, and that person is not immediately taken before a magistrate, the…

Any person willfully violating his written promise to appear in court is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally arrested. (Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1454.)

When a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place specified in the written promise to appear and has not posted bail as provided in Section 664, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest within twenty (20) days after …

In addition to any other court which may be a proper place of trial, any superior court location where cases of that type are tried, within 50 miles by the nearest road to the place of the alleged offense, shall be a proper place of trial of any person on a charge of violation of…

(a) Any person who violates subdivision (c) of Section 652, Section 654, 654.05, 654.06, 655.7, 658.3, 659, 673, 674, or 754, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, or any regulation adopted pursuant to Section 655.3 relating to vessel equipment requirements, is guilty of a…

(a) A person convicted of a violation of subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), or (f) of Section 655, or of Section 655.2, 655.6, 655.7, 658, or 658.5, or of subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 681, or of Section 191.5 or subdivision (a) of Section 192.5 of the Penal Code, or of the…

The department may grant funds from the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund to local public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and colleges and universities for scholarship funding relating to boating safety education, to finance the purchase of vessels and related safety equip…

(a) For the purposes of Section 668.1, the department shall approve boating safety courses that it determines provides the course taker with information that effectively educates the course taker as to the basic rules of California waterways, the proper and safe manner to operate…

(a) The interest of any registered owner of a vessel that has been used in the commission of a violation of subdivision (b) of Section 655 for which the owner was convicted and the conduct resulted in the unlawful killing of a person is subject to impoundment as provided in this …

The regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 90.)

The owner of a boat livery shall cause to be kept a record of the name and address of the person or persons hiring any boat or vessel subject to this code, the registered identification number of such vessel, the departure date and time, and the expected time of return. The recor…

Neither the owner of a boat livery nor his agent or employees shall permit any vessel to be delivered to a renter unless it shall have been provided, either by the owner or renter, with the equipment required pursuant to the applicable laws and regulations. (Added by Stats. 1969,…

On or before June first of each year, the port director shall submit to the board a detailed statement of the money required for the ensuing fiscal year for the purpose of conducting the business of the district. There shall be submitted with the estimate such data and schedules …

Annually on or before the date set for the consideration of the budget by the board of supervisors of each county in which the district, or any portion thereof, is located, the board of each district shall furnish to the board of supervisors of each county in which the district i…

The tax shall not exceed the rate of ten cents on each one hundred dollars of the assessed value of all taxable property within the district, exclusive of the amount necessary to be raised by taxes to meet bond interest and redemption. The tax shall be computed, entered upon the …

From the time of the organization of any district until the next succeeding July 1st, or in the event that a district is formed between February 1st and July 1st of any year then until one year from the next succeeding July 1st after the formation thereof, the district may incur …

(a) The district may, in any year, levy assessments, reassessments, or special taxes and issue bonds to finance waterway construction projects and related operations and maintenance, or operations and maintenance projects independent of construction projects in accordance with, a…

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

If there is not sufficient money in any fund to pay the demands made against it, the demand shall be registered in a book kept by the treasurer, showing its number, when presented, date, amount, name of payee, and on what account allowed and out of what fund payable, and when so …

Wages and salaries shall be paid at such intervals as the board may direct, but at least once each month. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

If there is not sufficient money in any fund to pay the claims made against the fund, the claim shall be registered in a book kept by the treasurer, showing its number, when presented, date, amount, name of payee, and on what account allowed and out of what fund payable. When so …

Wages and salaries shall be paid at such intervals as the board may direct, but at least once each month. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

The provisions of Chapter I, Division II of the District Organization Act relating to notices shall govern and control this part. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Yacht and Ship Brokers Act. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 453.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern the construction of this article: (a) “Broker” means a person who, except as otherwise excluded by Section 710, for compensation or in expectation of compensation, does, or negotiates to do, one or more…

Except as otherwise provided by law, all records of the department relating to yacht brokers and yacht salesmen shall be open to inspection by the public during regular office hours. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 453.)

Any declaration, license, or other record electronically generated or transmitted pursuant to this article shall meet the requirements of a “record” under Title 2.5 (commencing with Section 1633.1) of Part 2 of Division 3 of the Civil Code. (Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 380, Sec. 1.…

(a) The director may, in accordance with the State Civil Service Act (commencing with Section 18500 of the Government Code), select, employ, and fix the compensation of such employees as may be necessary properly to administer this article, provided that no employee of the depart…

In accordance with the provisions of Section 82 of this code, the commission shall advise the department with respect to all matters relating to the administration of this act. The department shall submit any proposed regulations or changes in regulations pertaining to this act f…

(a) The director may adopt a seal and such other device for use by the department as it may desire, which may be used to authenticate all papers and documents required by this article which are under the control of the department. (b) Copies of all records and papers required by …

The Attorney General shall act as the attorney for the department in all actions and proceedings pursuant to this article and shall render to the department opinions upon all questions of law arising under this article or in its administration. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 453.)

The division shall publish or cause to be published on or before July 1 of each year a directory of licensed brokers and salespersons and shall post the directory on its Internet Web site. The division may publish such additional information as it deems expedient and may also iss…

(a) No person shall engage in the business of, act in the capacity of, advertise as, or assume to act as a broker or salesperson within this state without first obtaining a license under this article to do so. (b) Only the person to whom a license is issued may perform or offer t…

No licensed broker or licensed salesman shall practice any fraud or deceit or make any fraudulent or grossly negligent representation with respect to any act for which a license is required under this article. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 630, Sec. 1.)

The definitions of “broker” and “salesperson,” as set forth in Section 701, do not include the following: (a) A person who directly performs any act subject to this article with reference to a yacht owned by that person or, in the case of a corporation which, through its regular …

No person engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of a licensed broker or salesman within this state shall bring or maintain any action in the courts of this state for the collection of compensation for the performance of any of the acts mentioned in this article withou…